Food and Anxiety | Anti-Anxiety Diet

Unfortunately, through anxiety we sometimes turn to alcohol and establish a bad diet,
usually through a need to suppress how we feel. Which may work in
the short term, but never in the long term. It can lead to weight
gain, a lack of energy, hangovers and a general feeling of unease
and restlessness.

Changing your diet and lifestyle can help many forms of anxiety and the symptoms that go with it.

As I was recovering, I decided to eat more healthily and found that, through this, I had so much more
energy and I felt calmer and less depressed. I also understood the importance of burning off all my excess nervous energy and took up a fitness
regime that suited me.

These changes in my life made a lot of difference to how I felt overall. They are not the only answer to anxiety, but they can bring some much needed relief to the way we feel.

Try and eat a healthy, whole foods diet with plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits. Try and include foods that are rich in the B vitamins, such as whole grains, nuts, green vegetables, eggs and fish.

To help lift moods and help calm anxiety, keep away from processed foods and eat more natural products. Also what we drink can have an affect on our stress levels. Although drinking alcohol seems to have a calming effect short term, it dehydrates the body, leaving us feeling more anxious than ever. If you feel you can't give up altogether, then just try and moderate it.

Avoid fizzy drinks loaded with sugar, instead drink plenty of water, I am personally not a big fan of water and drink the flavoured variety which is fine also. Avoid
having too much caffeine. Again there is no need to give it up completely, just try and moderate it.

Below is a small list of foods to avoid and those to include in
your daily diet to help with the symptoms of anxiety and stress. Again, I don't expect you to be perfect,
I certainly wasn't, but a few changes may help you feel the
benefits.

Foods to eat

Yoghurt

Bananas

Vegetables

Wholegrain foods

Brown Rice

Beans

Turkey

Chicken

Cottage Cheese

Fresh Fish

Poached Egg

Tuna

Fruit

Porridge

Baked potato

Peanut butter

Garlic

Spinach

Foods to avoid

Fizzy drinks

Processed food

White bread

Chips

Pastry

Cakes

Caffeine

Sugar

Alcohol

Chocolate

Cheese

Fast Food

If you want more help and advice with anxiety and panic issues then do please take the time to look around my site.